Whoever values peace of mind and the health of the soul will live the best of all possible lives.

The sinner sins against himself; the wrongdoer wrongs himself, becoming the worse by his own action.

He does not write at all whose poems no man reads

Always take the short cut; and that is the rational one. Therefore say and do everything according to soundest reason.

The happiness of those who want to be popular depends on others; the happiness of those who seek pleasure fluctuates with moods outside their control; but the happiness of the wise grows out of their own free acts.

A man should be upright, not kept upright.

We are the other of the other